DON’T FORGET THE BIGGEST DATE OF THE YEAR AUGUST 22 VOL. 41 The Dallas Post. More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1931. DON'T FORGET TRUCKSVILLES FOURTH ANNUAL FLOWER SHO AUGUST 28, 1931 JUDGE JONES TALKS ON BOY CRIMINALS Luzerne County Jurist Gives Stirring Address on Youth- ful Delinquency and Ef- fects of the Parole System emmeee BLAMES PARENTS Judge Ben R. Jones of Luzerne county court of Common Pleas spoke on “Boys’ Work” last Thursday night at the meeting of Dallas Rotary Club at Colonial Tea Room. The Judge prefaced his talk with a few remarks on Luzerne county in which he stated that Luzerne is the largest ‘county in Pennsylvania - in area. It is the only couty in the state that has four cities and its total area is equal to that of three of the New England States. He also compared the county in size to that of some of the European countries and in so do- ing termed Luzerne county a veritable empire, Young Criminals In this empire as in the rest of the United States, the average age of the criminal is 18 and one half years, While there are only two deeds pun- ishable by death in the State of Pen- nsylvannia, namely, treason and mur- der, thhere is a long list of acts pun- ishable by jail and prison sentences. Jails do not Reform The jails and prisons are not res formatory agencies. They are puni- tive agencies. Seldom is a criminal reformed after serving a term in any of these institutions. At the same time, said the Judge he is beyond the reach of the courts when he has serv- ed his term until such time as he commits a second offense and is ap- prehended and convicted. As a result of the many disadvan- tages of these penal institutions for the younger criminal the parole sys- tem was adopted to be a greater re- formation assistance. By means of the parole system a young criminal can be paroled by the judge. The parole usually has the following con- ditions covering the period of sen- tence, oftentimes ten or twenty years. Providing for a custodian, possibly a minister, priest or rabbi, in a few cases the father or often a business- man interested in the offender. The offender must have a job or be attend- ing school; in case of robbery com- plete restoration must be made and a few other corrective measures as may fit the individual case. The Judge said that violation of any one of these parole conditions places” the ‘ young criminal immediately within the hands of the law and at the discre- tion of the presiding judge he can be placed in the proper penal institution and complete his term of a sentence. Parole Advantages The outstanding advantages of par- ole system, are first, that it does not put the stamp of a criminal upon a boy as having served time in a penal institution, second, offers an escape from personal contact with profession- al criminals in penal institutions; ‘third, gives the law a personal sup- ervision over the offendar over a long. er period of time than would be the case if confined to a penal institution; lastly, parole in the majority of cases actually straightens the boy out and literally assists him to become a re- spectable citizen. Drawing from his own experience on the bench, Judge Jones gave a number of definite local examples where boys had erred for the first time were granted paroles and are now among ‘the best citizens of the county. The judge, however, pointed out that the parole system does not always work and that there are always some who take advantage of it. But even in cases where there is a second offense the offender is infmediately within the hands of the law without the costs of prosecution and trial on the second offense. Fathers to Blame Judge Jones was emphatic in his be- lief that boys run amuck of the law not because they are prodigal but bu- cause of prodigal fathers. He illus- trated this by giving illustrations from conversations which he has had with Superintendent Johnson of Kis Lyn Continued on Page 5 0 CARD OF THANKS Mrs. Samuel Traver and Mrs. Adeline Morrow wish to thank all those friends who assisted them dur- ing their recent bereavement and al- so all those who sent flowers. Drinking Water Is “0 K” Despite complaints from con- sumers in Dallas and Shaver- town that othe drinking water being by Dallas- company has as well served them Shavertown water an odor and color taste, engirieers of the State De- partment of Health and Waters who.” have beétn making tests here; the past few days, say the watelr is in perfect condition for drirdking purposes. Mr. Motier y as been conducting tests I nen from all of the wells and spri the com- pany says that mers have nothing to feg mical tests have reveal & © ant a slight disco er. as School Will Be Crowded With the opening of schools but a short time off, the local schools will | be taxed to capacity, thereby present- ing a problem for the superintendent of the school district to solve. Last year’s class numbered 382; the promo- tions from the. junior high school here number 53, thority prompts this assertion, we venture the opinion that an additional teacher will be required to help carry on the work. Conditions generally in the school today are inadequate in fa- cilities. Newhart Wants New Building Kingston Township Cand i- date for School Director Urges Immediate Improve- ment of Township’s School Facilities. J. Earl Newhart of Trucksville has announced himself as a candidate for school director of Kingston Township, and is making a favorable impression among the voters on account of the stand he has taken in regard to a new High School. © He claims that conditions in King- ston. Township have:come to a point where not only the future of the Township is at stake, but taxes will increase a great deal more if a new High School is not built at once. He claims that scores of persons have told him they would move back to Wilkes-Barre next year if something is not done immediately by the school board. The State Department of Education has stated that if plans are not im- mediately drawn for a new school that, Kingston Township will have a two year High School next year and be compelled to send their High School pupils to some other School District. 1f this were done it would not only cause people to move away but would place an additional tax burden on everybody in addition to the fee of one hundred dollars per pupil charged by outside School Districts. Mr. Newhart states that his only reason for seeking this important of- fice is on account of the situation in (Continued on page 5) Fleming-Miller Wedding Saturday Former Lehman Teacher Will be Bride of Promi- nent Local Man Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Grace Miller, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Miller of Wyoming, to Dr. J. C. Fleming of Dallas, which is to take place on Sat- urday evening at 6 in Stella Presby- terian chapel in Forty Fort. Rev. Hansen Bergen will perform the cere- mony, which is to be followed ‘by a dinner and informal reception at Irem Temple Country club. Miss Miller will have Miss Amanda Harris as her only attendant. Dr. W. R. Levering of Stroudsburg will be Dr. Fleming's best man. After a motor trip the couple will reside at 63 Main street Dallas. Miss Miller is a graduate of West Pittston high school and Mansfield State Teachers’ college, and has been an instructor in Lehman township schools. Dr. Fleming is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania and has done post graduate work specializing in eye, ear, nose and throat. BUY’S INTEREST IN HEIGHTS STORE William Price of Dallas has pur- chased the interest of Raymond Far- ver in the Long & Farver store on Parrish Heights and henceforth the store will be known as Long & Price, Mr. Price has been a resident of Dal- las the past four years. Before com- ing to Dallas he was a resident of Plymouth. - He has had a wide exper- ience in the store business having been engaged in some phase of mer- chandising practically his whole life. Policemen’s Ball Billy Rowlands’ and his Music Kings will furnish music for the first annual Dallas Policemen’s Dance which will be held in the Meridian Hall on the night of September 11. .Proceeds from the affair will be used to purchase a new motorcycle for the police depart- ment. DE § , Firemen’s Clam Bake Members of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire company will hold a Clam Bake at the Ambrose West “It Will Do” Farm Saturday afternoon, September 12. Tickets are priced at $1.50. Many of the candidates who are seeking of- fice at the coming election will give addresses. 'A program of musical and novelty numbers has been arranged by the committee, Shaver Reunion The annual reunion of the Shaver family will be held at Fernbrook Park on Wednesday, August 26. All mem- io mily their relatives and to attend. although no official au- | Oh Lord How Long? While thousands of men throughout Luzerne county are out of work and while still others are chafing under an ever increasing tax burden, local residents are daily view- ing and commenting on. the glaring waste of county money on the county roads of this region. During the last two weeks of July Luzerne county paid $386.50 for labor on the upper Trucksville road. Nine men all residents of Luzerne borough, are still being em- ployed on this road and the wage costs are running approx- imately the same as during the last two weeks of July. During 1930 which was an off election year the total up- keep of the upper Trucksville road did not exceed $700. No permanent work has been done on the road this year. Hardly a motorist who travels the upper Trucksville road fails to comment on the lack of supervision and downright loafing of the men who are employed there. If private en- terprise conducted its business along the same lines as the county does its road work it would be bankrupt in short order, but the county can always fall back on the taxpay- ers to make up the deficit for Eighteen men, of which inefficient work. all but two are residents of Larksville and Plymouth are employed on the Lehman- Outlet road. During the last two weeks of July the coun- ty $702.00 for labor on this road. Here also the nature of the work was purely maintained with no work of a perma- nent nature done on the road. Last year, during an off el- ection year, the total expense, deducting the caretakers salary, was approximately $1,100. On the Hunlock-Muhlenburg road $434 was. spent for labor for the last two weeks of July. Only three local men were employed, eleven other coming from Plymouth. The total cost for last year was $600. One local man is employed on the Trucksville-Caver- ton road, the four other employees come from Pringle and Larksville. two weeks in July was $142. The upkeep cost on this road during the last When Joe Bulford was care- taker of this road it was a rare thing for him to have more than one assistant, but of course that was during an off election year. The only answer to such outright waste of money is that the men employed on these roads or their families can deliver the votes; whether they can build roads or not or whether they are competent workers makes no difference to the men who employ them. When a local man is employed as caretaker on these roads he is apparently too independent to stand for such Dallas-Huntsville road and ‘| wasteful expenditure of county money, as for example the the Alderson-Kunkle road where local men are in charge, with one ‘or two men as as- sistants, the same amount and type of work is being done as on the other roads by three times the number of men. Many File For Local Offices 3 Although the race for county offices is exciting considerable attention, thers there is sure to be considerable ins A de terest in the various contests for lov cal offices in the townships and bor- oughs of the county. An idea of the number of persons filing papers for theses offices can be gained from the partial list reproduced here. Dallas Borough Council— E. E. Adelman, R. and D.; Ira D. Cooke, R. and D.; Warden Kun- kle, R. and D.; J. H. Rood, R. and D.; Clyde Veith, R. and D.; Charles A. Stookey, R.; William H. Schmoll, Res Elmer D. Parrish, R. and D. School director—Dr. G. K. Swartz, R. and D.; John T. Jeter, R. and DP. John Roberts. R. Auditor—William Neiymeyer, R. Constable—C. E. Fiske, R. and D.; Leonard O. Kane, R. and D.; Ellwood J. Elston, R. and D.; O. B. Derwol, R. and D. Dallas Township Justice of the peace—Frank Ney- hard, R. and D., William Holden, R.; John Yaple, R.; D ond Director, six vears—Arthur Updyke, R. and D.; Walter Fletcher, R. and D.; George J. Russ, R. School director, four years—Adam Keifer, R. and D.; Arthur Neuman, R. and D. Supervisor, six vears—Oscar Thomp- son, R.: Nelson Witt, R. and D.; Les- lie Frantz, R. and D.; William Martin, R. and D. Overseer of the poor—E. P. Honey- well, R. Constable—Claire Hook Winters R. and D; Curtis Anderson R. and D. Lake Township Justice of the peace—Ralph A. Dav- is, R. and D.; C. H. Randall, R. and D.: ‘Abraham N. Williams, R. and D. School director—William Hausch, R. and D.: Elwood Oney, R. and D.; David J. Martin, R. and D.; Bruce Crispell, R. and D.; A. T. Shupp, R. Supervisor—Dana W. Davenport, R. and .; Carey F. Moss, R. and D.: Earl E. Booth, R. and D. Constable—I. C. Stephenson, R. and D.; Joseph Verfin, R. and D.; Franklin A. Kocher, R. and D.; James Dough- ton, R. and D.; J. C. Gossart, R. and D. ; / Lehman Township Supervisor—Aaron Sutton, D.; Arden Husted, R. and D.; D. Ide, R. and D. Justice of the peace—W. R. and D. School director—C. F. Terry, R. and D.; C. J. Brown, R. and D.; Mrs. Grace Goodwin, R. and D.; Fred J. R. and John ‘M. Major, Ide, R. and D.; Mrs. Ella J. Major, R. (Continued on page 5) Road Caretaker Assails Expense William LaBar of Lake township re- cently dismissed caretaker of one of the county roads in this section, is an open letter to the County Commission- ers has the following to say regarding excess expenditures on the county roads. SR i Messers, John A. McGuftfie, Wall, John Carroll, County missioners of Luzerne Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Gentlemen: — Without even the courtesy of the usual ‘two weeks notice,” on the last day of July, 1931 at 4:30 P. M., a Mr. Allen came to me for the tools on the job of caretaker of the Pike’s Creek- Muhlenberg Road, of which I was caretaker the last three and one-half years, and he was ‘the first and only person to inform me that I was dis- missed. As the road foreman on the Hunlock Road highway, I never had a com- plaint against my work. If IT was fired on acount of any com- plaints I wish you would inform me. If it is because I don’t take orders from Morgan Bird and his kind, please George Com- County, Michael Wallo, R. ang fhiso inform me, for Man to Man, you owe this to me. I hope you are not holding me for the gross extravagance on my road section this year as I'am in no way responsible for the army of loafers that I was forced to carry on the pay- roll this year. They were sent to me with orders from the front to take them on and I did so. The cost this year has been scanda- lous. Previously for instance, when I used the tractor and grader on my road I employed 4 laborers with my- self at a total cost of $600.00. This year I had twenty-five men forced upon me, twenty-three of them sent over from towns in the valley, and two farmers hired by myself, with a total cost up to the time I was so unceremoniously fired, of $2600.00. I had no control over the men and most ‘of them came from Plymouth and several of them were members of election hoards in and around Ply- mouth and Larksville, or held petty | political offices. They let me under- | stalad that I was not their boss and they did not intend to work very hard. My two farmers and I did about all the heavy work. FPrease let me hear from you at once. I might also inform you that I am and have been a staunch Republican.and that you a Republican Board of Com- missioners, have put in my place, a |} Democrat. ait Thanking you in a RVENYS {or the courtesy of an early reply,A am Very truly youg Wil'g | bought in conjunctionn with the Rialto Evangelist Returns Miss Sarah Palmer, English Evan- gelist, who makes her heme in Tunk- hannock, and who conducted services here this spring, will occupy the pul- pit at the morning services of Dallas M. E. .Church on Sunday. During Miss Palmer's stay here this spring she made many friends and aquain- tances who will be glad to here of her return. Himmler To Open Plymouth Theatre Owner of Local Theatre Branches Out; New Theatre About Sep-|,. tember 1; Has Seating Capacity of 500. Announcement was made this week by Wesley Himmler, owner of Himm- ler Theatre, Dallas that he will open a new theatre in Plymouth on Septem- ber 1. The new theatre will be known as the Rialto and is located on the Main street in the heart of the busi-) ness district of Plymouth. Western Electric sound equipment of the best type obtainable has already been installed in the theatre and Mr. Himmler has also installed a new Fo cal Sound screen. This week the en- tire theatre is being newly carpeted. With improvements, renovation and equipment installation almost comple- ted Mr. Himmler is certain everything will be in readiness for the opening day early in September. Mr. Himmler will have personal charge of the new theatre. There will be a change of program every night of the week with the exception of Sunday afternoon programs will be given every Saturday. The theatre has a seating capacity of 500. Although ‘Mr. Himmler will.give his personal attention to the Plymouth. theatre he will also keep his contacts with the Himmler Theatre in Dallas which will be under the management of other members of his family. Many of the pictures which will be shown in the local theatre will be theatre. Work Started On Funeral Chapel New Building o of Imposing Spanish Architecture to be Built by Local Funer- al Director ‘A. .C." Kelly, prominent funeral director of Trucksville, is cunstruct- ing a combined chapel and morgue that will be among the finest in the country. Mr. Kelly is modeling his building after a similar institution, which In its imposing Spanish design, is one of the showplaces of San Francisco, California. The dimensions of the building will be 26x36 ft, and will comprise one story in height. There will be a finished basement and the ground flour. “An up-to-datc-Tnorgue Lk! and finely appointed show-room will be installed in the basement. The main floor will be dévoted to a splen- did chapel, private parlors for mem- bers of the immediate family, and rest rooms. The chapel will accomodate 160 persons, and will surpass any of its kind in this vicinity in comfort and restfulness. Mr. Kelly is also planning to install two receiving vaults, with a possibility of installing several more vaults at a future date. To thes people residing this side of Luzerne and the valley, the new structure will be a ‘“back-of-the- mountain” convenience. It is expec- ted that the chapel and morgue will be opened to formal inspection by September 15th. “HOBBIES OF YOUR- FAVORITE STARS” Did you know—that Ruth Chatter- ton likes hoboes, that sophisticated Carole Lombard is a tomboy at heart, that Gary Cooper makes clever pencil sketches? These are a few of the little-known facts about the great of Hollywood, re- vealed in a series of 1 feature stories, “HOBBIES OF THE STARS”, to ap- pear weekly in the Dallas Post begin- ning ‘next week. The series includes intimate close- ups of Eleanor Boardman, Maurice Chevalier, Mitzi Green, George Ban- croft, Carole Lombard, Paul Lukas, [3 Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Ruth Chatterton, Charles Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper, with a recent photograph of each one. —1 Each story is signed by Elizabeth Stephenson, well known newspaper writer. The give a vivid—&nd often surprising glimpse of life-outside the studios in the world's~film capital. = CARB "OF THANKS _ B. Frank Bulford and family and VF. and Mrs. Clarence Elston wish to thank the firemen of the Henry M. Laing Fire Co., for their promptness and the telephone operators for their quick response in their fire of last Friday. ‘Also the many friends who Will Open |r Strong Liklihood Th a t lage Mail Delivery Will munity Meets Post 0 ii Requirements. ment has given no definite assu that such delivers will be ssiahlish S and the bulk of mail handled by local office is large enough to mi the postoffice department's re ments. The department, however, pulates, that all homes in the co nity bear street numbers and th streets be given names and p marked. Another stipulation is all’ streets must have some form. sidewalks. The first two requiremes can™be easily met. but the last on more difficult to attain. Council feel hat the expense of building sidew: along all the streets of the comm ty at this time would be to great burden upon the property" ow: Along Main street for example, the are some locations where it wo cost in the neighborhood of $1,000 LC build sidewalk. Council is, therefor making the suggestion that the post office department establish a mounte carrier service here. Commenting on' the matter of si walks, postmistress Waters says, post office department only ‘req some-Torm of sidewalk 6€s stipulate that it must be -concr stone, wood or simply ashes. ; Council discussed the purchase of street signs and ordered school c tion signs to be placed on Norton, Le man and Franklin streets. A resolution was passed to instal 100 candle-power street light on Nort Terrace street. Parsonage and B win streets were accepted as boro lanes and improvements on th streets will start immediately. tion of Garrahan and Hallock. sma mms ssa MARY ROGERS DIES 3 TWO WEEKS AFTER BROTHER EXPIRES Miss Mary Louise Rogers, aged T of 420 South Franklin street, Wilke Barre, whose brother Joseph Rogers died on Augustt 5 at Hunt ville, passed away Wednesday afte noon at her summer home in Huntsville following a long illness. She resided with her sister, Mrs. Samuel H. Stur- dev ant and shen Jfwo IW omen Miss Fiozers: was the third child ee Dr. Joel Jackson Rogers and Sarah Ceroline Rogers, who settled at’ EA ts ville in 1851. She was born there May 26, 1857. ‘Miss Rogers was a member of First M. E. Church of Wilkes-Barre and was active in the work of the various organizations of the parish. She is survived by Samuel H. Sturdevant and the follow- ing nieces and nephews: Mrs. Sher- man P. Hollister of Storrs, Conn., Mrs. Eliot Bishop of New York City, Mrs. H. A. Carlson, of Hollywood; Dr. Lew~ is L. Rogers, Jr., and Edwin S. Ro. ers of Kingston, and Joseph Alfred Rogers, Jr.,, £ Huntsville. The funeral will be held from the late home this afternoon at 2 o’clock with services at the residence Huntsville, Burial will be in Trucks- ville cemetery. i: Roger Babson Says It Is Time to Advertise. If there was ever a time when the newspapers could perform a | real service for the United States, it is today—furthermore this applies to all groups of people, bankers, manufacturers, = merchants and wage earners. You need only -to tell the people {ne simple truth. Statistics row in- dicate that business has seen its worst, even though the recovery will be slow. ~ Irrespective of what happens to the stock market in the next year, I am willing to stake my reputdtion, based on thirty years experience (1) that busi- H€ss has seen its worst; (2) that, although the change will bel slow it will be in the right -direction; and (3) that within a reasonable time this country will again enter a period of marked prosperity. In shor statistics today point to anothe period of prosperity, the same they three years ago pQid the present period of _ —as you go hackshaod merchants that! to advertise. business econo of .advertisj responded. ‘America. = “Alfred her sister, Mrs. at Vika
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